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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1903

208 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 5 of 11

Fire at Crookwell

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 22 April 1903 · page 2

ON Sunday night a lire occurred at Mr. E. Bensley's promises, about two miles from town. The bed curtains caught alight, and when Mr. and Mrs. Bensley awoke the room…

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Goulburn Fire Clay

Goulburn Herald · Friday 24 April 1903 · page 2

IT may interest our readers to know that the fire clay obtained from Goulburn is highly valued by the Naval Stores Department. Messrs. Swarbrick and Meldrum have been…

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Goulburn Fire Clay

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 4

It will interest our readers (says the Building, Engineering, and Mining Journal, published in Sydney) to know that the fire clay obtained from Goulburn is highly valued by…

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Disaster at Cootamundra. a Fire Ball. Great Destruction. Two Hotels Wrecked

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 April 1903 · page 4

The unfortunate inhabitants of Cootamundra had scarce had time to view the scene of destruction caused by the flood, and certainly had been unable even to approximate the…

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A Fire Insurance Story

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 12 May 1903 · page 4

I was once honoured (writes a correspondent of the ‘Daily Mail’) by the confidence of a criminal in his cups, on a railway journey. He…

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That Wyalong Fire

The Yass Courier · Friday 15 May 1903 · page 4

It will b remembered we rep[?]rted in these columns some time ago that a large drap[?]ry establishment owned by Mr. James Cusack of Wyalong…

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Great Fire at Ottawa. London, May 11

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 15 May 1903 · page 2

A GREAT fire has occurred at Ottawa. Three hundred bouses have been burned, and then sands of people are homeless…

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The Tenth Wonder. “ the Fire That Is Not Quenched.” the New Found Miracle of Nature

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 16 May 1903 · page 4

THE London correspondent, of the DAILY TELEGRAPH writes under date of April 3rd as follows :— Tho last miracle of science that has just…

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Local Fire Brigade

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 18 May 1903 · page 2

After much worrying the hopes und expectations of our local Fire Brigade people have Ix-en partially fulfilled in the way of a vote from the Government…

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Young Fire Brigade

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 20 May 1903 · page 3

The following communication, addressed to Mr. G. A. Bargess, M.L.A., has been banded to us for publication:--"Chief Secretary's Office,…

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The Fire Brigade Movement

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 20 May 1903 · page 2

OF late, we have heard nothing of the movement which mi taken up sometime ago with the object of organising a fire brigade at Young, and In consequence we were under the impression that as,…

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Young Fire Brigade

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 23 May 1903 · page 2

A meeting of committee of the above was held at the Town Hall on Monday, 18th inst. The Mayor reported that a fog horn had…

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The Latest. Sydney, Tuesday. Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 May 1903 · page 2

Extensive stabling premises occupied by Mr. McCaffrey, carrier, Rushcutter's Bay, were destroyed by fire early this morning. One horse was killed and two others injured…

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Fire at Paddington. a Horse Burned to Death

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 27 May 1903 · page 2

A DESTRUCTIVE fire occurred at Paddington early yesterday morning, some large stables in Great Barcom-street, occupied by Mr. C. J. McCaffery, general carrier, being much…

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Fire at a Wedding. London, May 27

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 May 1903 · page 2

During the celebration of a wedding at Arras, France, a fire occurred in the ballroom. Four ladies were burned to death and 20 others were terribly injured…

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The Fire Brigade. a Special Grant

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 2 June 1903 · page 2

AT the last Yass Show Mr. Affleck introduced a deputation from the local Fire Brigade to Mr. Kidd with the result that a special grant was promised about…

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The United States. Floods, Fires and Storms

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 4 June 1903 · page 2

London, Tuesday.—The total fatalities at North Topeka in connection with the floods and outbreak of fire were much less than at first reported, 50, and not…

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Fire at Eton College. London, June 2

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 June 1903 · page 4

The fire at Mr. Kindersley's house is attributed to a defective flue. The inmates consisted of Mr. Kindersley, his wife and children, 29 students, and 10 maid servants…

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Fire at Eton College London, June 1

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 5 June 1903 · page 3

THE residence of Mr. R. S. Kindersley M. A., one of the masters of Eton College, was discovered to be on fire this…

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Great Fire at Eton. Two Boys Suffocated. Marvellous Escapes. London

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 2

At an early hour this morning a fire broke out in Eton College, with the result that the residence of the master, Mr. Kindersley, was gutted and two boys lost their lives, while several others…

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